Note: El Duque on DL through April 13
Orlando Hernandez visited his team’s locker room in Miami, where he could work with the team’s trainers.
As noted last night, Hernandez told reporters that he expects to make his first minor-league rehab start tomorrow in St. Lucie.
He is eligible to come off the disabled list on April 13.
…from what i can tell by looking at the schedule, the Mets can pitch Johan Santana, Oliver Perez, John Maine and Mike Pelfrey up through April 12, which is when they’ll need the fifth starter…it may make sense to just pitch Jorge Sosa or Nelson Figueroa that one day, seeing as hernandez will likely be activated the next day and not necessarily needed until the following week…
…in other words, it will be difficult to determine whether the Mets should try and acquire a free agent starting pitcher, like Claudio Vargas or Woody Williams, until they have seen pelfrey pitch, and also know how stable el duque is…which should work out fine, because i suspect all free agents will now wait with bated breath, knowing what just happened to Pedro Martinez…
